Fly box



May 13, 1952 D. c; coRKRAN 2,596,214

FLY BOX Filed July l5, 1949 INVE/vrox. DUDLEY C. 'oRKmm Tran/rays Patented May 13, 1952 FLY BOX Dudley C. Corkran, Manchester, Vt., assignor to Charles F. Orvis Co., Inc., Manchester, Vt., a corporation of Vermont Application July13, 1949, Serial No. 104,505

` (c1. Lia-s'm) 3 claims. 1

The present invention relates to holders for artificial flies` and other metallic articles, and has special reference to ily boxes.

One of the objects of the `invention is to provide a ily box which may be conveniently carred in the pocket of the user, and in which the flies are securely held in position and may be easily and quickly selected and individually removed and replaced.

Another of the objects of the invention is to provide a novel and improved holder of the character indicated.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a sectional plan view of a portion of the ily box in its preferred form, the section being taken substantially on the line l--I of Fig. 2;`

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, partly in elevation, taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. l

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a hinged portion of the fly box withA the opened position of the cover of the box shown by dotted lines, the section being on line 3-3 of Fig. 2-; and

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the fly box when opened to permit removal of the llies.

The ily box illustrated in the drawings, is preferably of a size to enable it to be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user, the box as at present constructed being approximately 3% inches square and 1 inch high.

As shown, the box comprises a bottomy or base 2 and a cover 4 which is hinged to the base by means of hinges Ii. The base 2 is provided with an upstanding marginal ilange 8 and bead IIJ. The cover 4 is provided with a top wall I2 and a flange I4 whereby when the box is closed the lower edge of the flange I4 engages the top of the flange 8 outside of the bead I.

The hinges 6 may be of the piano hinge type with the leaves I6 secured in recesses in the ilange I4 and an upwardly projecting supporting flange I8 on the base 2 which extends into a recess 2l) in the rear wall of the ilange I4. The hinges 6 are provided with leaf springs 22 having their ends secured to the leaves of the hinges Ii so as to permit the cover 4 to be swung upwardly in substantially the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and held in that position by the springs, and upon closing pressure being applied to the cover 4, the cover snaps downwardly into closed position on the base 2, thus securely and tightly holding the box closed. Both the base and the cover of the box are preferably made of plastic material, the cover being transparent so the user may readily see the contents of the box.

The base 2 is provided with an upstanding boss or post 24 on which is mounted for turning movement a permanent magnet 26 and a rack 28. The magnet and rack are held on the post by means of a flanged pin 30 which has its shank secured in a recess in the post 24.

The magnet comprises an annular bar 32 which is permanently magnetized, and steel disks 34 positioned on the top and bottom of the annu lar member 32 and provided with central apertures itted over the post 24. The lower disk 34 is provided with an upstanding flange 35 which has its upper edge spaced outwardly and below the outer edge of the upper disk 34. 1

The rack 28 may be made of plastic material and has a top wall 38 extending over the upper disk 34, the top wall being provided with an aper.- ture through which the pivot post 24 extends, The top wall 38 is further provided with depend.- ing studs 40 extending through aperturesin the upper disks 34 so as to cause the rack and magnet assembly to be turned together. The rack is further provided with a depending ilange 42 which surrounds the flange 36 of the lower disk 34. The peripheral upper corner of the rack 28 is provided with radial slots 44. These slots are equally spaced apart and are of such width as to permit the hook portion of an articial fly 46 to be inserted through each slot and into engagement with the spaced edges of the upper and lower disks 34 as shown in Fig. 2. The slots 44 are spaced apart a sufficient distance to keep the flies substantially separated so as to ensure against entanglement thereof and yet to provide a maximum number of slots in the rack. The top of the rack may be provided with upstanding radially extending ribs 50 to enable the user to easily turn the rack and magnet assembly.

It will be apparent that the magnet or magnet assembly including the permanently magnetized annular member 32 and the steel disks 34, is so constructed that the opposed edges of the disks are uniformly magnetized throughout their peripheries Without any dead spots occurring so that the magnets will uniformly hold all of the flies positioned thereabout in the slots of the rack. The magnet and rack are preferably mounted so as to turn together as shown.

In the use of the box, the user when he desires to change a ily may readily observe through the transparent cover and without opening the box, all of the flies and select the fly he desires to next use, and then may easily snap the cover of the box open, the cover of the box when open being flrmly held in its partially raised position by the snap action hinge. He then can immediately turn the rack and magnet assembly to position the fly at the front of the box where it may be readily removed. The ilies aresecurely held in place, even in a stiff wind, yet they are so easily removed there is no chance of damaging hackles, wings or hooks. The easy quick selection of flies especially adapts the box for use on the stream. By making the rack part of the assembly of plastic or other non-magnetic material, the hooks of the ilies may be more easily inserted in the slots.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, my invention permits various modiilcations without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l.`In a ily box, a casing having a bottom wall and a cover therefor, a magnet mounted on the bottom wall comprising a magnetized annular member, and disks of magnetic material extending over the top and bottom sides of said member, the lower disk having an upstanding llange having its upper edge spaced downwardly and outwardly from the outer edge of the upper disk, and a rack extending over the top side of the upper disk and having a depending ilange surrounding said flange of the lower disk, the corner of the rack between the top portion thereof and said depending ilange having a plurality of slots spaced thereabout to permit ily hooks to be passed therethrough and into contact with the spaced edges of said disks.

2. In a ily box of theclass described, a casing having a bottom wall and a cover therefor, said bottom wall having an upstanding boss, a magnet comprising -an annular member of magnetized material surrounding said boss, and disks of magnetizable material extending over the .top and bottom sides of said annular member, the lower disk having an upstanding outer peripheral 4 flange having its upper edge spaced from the outer edge of the upper disk, and a rack extending over said upper disk and having a depending flange extending over said flange on the lower disk, the corner of said rack between its upper portion and its depending flange being provided with radial slots spaced thereabout to permit ily hooks to be inserted therethrough into engagement with the outer edge of said upper disk and the upper edge of the flange of the lower disk, said magnet and rack being mounted for rotary vmovement about said boss.

3. In a fly box, a casing having a bottom wall, a magnet ymounted on said bottom wall having a top wall, and an outer peripheral wall arranged substantially perpendicular to said bottom wall, and a rack of non-magnetic material having a top Wall extending over the top wall of the magnet and a depending flange extending over said outer peripheral wall of the magnet, the corner of the rack between the top wall thereof andsaid depending flange having a plurality of slots spaced thereabout to permit fly hooks to be passed therethrough and into contactwith the outer periphery of said magnet.

DUDLEY C. CORKEIAN'.V

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